2PM - Hottest Time of the Day

Haha, in my last post I talked a little about a new Korean group. I know, I know...I just had a new band to craze over not so long ago. I haven't forgotten SID...they had released a new single, 『嘘』 (Lies), but since they're having their Spring Tour now, there isn't much news about them so far...



People, call me fickle if you will, but check out this group!

This is 2PM, and the pic from their debut single cover "Hottest Time of the Day". Guess I'll talk about the members before I go into their music. From the left of the pic, Junsu (yeah, exact same spelling as DBSK's Junsu) who's touted as the member with the greatest vocal ability, Chansung, the youngest member (reminds me of Changminnie with his height and huge appetite, lol), Wooyoung, joker of the group with great dancing ability. Center is my personal fav, leader Jaebum (who's actually born and raised in the US), one of the most talented dancers in this group with lotsa b-boy experience. Next up, Thai prince Nickhun (American-Thai-Chinese), the 'face' of 2PM, as he introduces the existence of 2PM through the variety shows he's involved in, Taecyeon, standing at 185cm, hails from Boston, and of course, Junho, who really resembles Rain, but don't brush him off just coz he looks like him. His dancing ability is superb!

There are 6 tracks in their single, with their title song being "10점 만점에 10점" (10 points out of 10). Those who like songs with great rhythm and strong beats, something you can dance to, this song ain't shabby. Personally, when I first heard it, it wasn't quite my taste, but it's really catchy after a while. In fact, the best way to listen to this is to check out the MV or the lives. The dancing is too great to be missed. The single comes with an old school version and an instrumental version of this song.

The next song is a sweet ballad with an underlying tone of hip hop in it, and this is the song where I can really hear the vocal quality of the members. Since my first impression was "They sure can dance, but I can't hear nuts from the singing", I was really surprised by how stable their vocals were in "Only You". The lives were pretty good too. The next song, "Angel" is my favourite by far. With strong hip hop beats, it's the kind of song that makes you get onto your feet and dance, whether you know how to or not.

LOL, it looks as though I just wrote a promo piece on their single or something. But hey, a cool group is a cool group, and they look like they'll go far. Actually, 2PM has a brother band called 2AM, together, they're called OneDay. But unlike 2PM, who specialises in upbeat dance songs, 2AM is a ballad group. Maybe I'll talk about them in the next post. Till then, ciaoz!